Weed Management Research for Organic Horticultural Crops

• Cover Cropping for Weed Management
• Cultural Management
• Flame Weeding and Steaming
• Mechanical Weed Control
• Mulches for Weed Management
• Organic Herbicides

 

Cover Cropping for Weed Management

• NEW!! Conservation tillage for organic agriculture: Evolution toward hybrid systems in the western USA
• Brassica cover cropping for weed management: A review
• Cover Cropping Practices to Improve Weed and Fertility Management in Organic Production Systems
• Effects of mulching and cover cropping on soil microbial parameters in the organic growing of black currant 
• Grass–Legume Mixtures and Soil Fertility Affect Cover Crop Performance and Weed Seed Production
• Mechanisms of weed suppression in cover crop–based production systems
• No-till vegetable production – Its time is now
• Review of published literature on applications of cover crops as part of integrated weed management systems in field vegetable crop production in Canada
• Seeding Rate and Planting Arrangement Effects on Growth and Weed Suppression of a Legume-Oat Cover Crop for Organic Vegetable Systems
• Using allelopathic and cover crops to suppress weeds
• Weed Suppression in Spring-Sown Rye–Pea Cover Crop Mixes

 

Cultural Management

• NEW!! Strategies for Weed Suppression and Improving Soil Fertility during Transition to Organic Vegetable Production
• Can Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi Reduce the Growth of Agricultural Weeds?
• Challenges and opportunities for integrated weed management
• Crop sequence, crop protection and fertility management effects on weed cover in an organic/conventional farm management trial
• Biological weed control
• The Effect of Rotation and In-Crop Weed Management on the Germinable Weed Seedbank after 10 Years
• Effects of organic farming on weed flora composition in a long term perspective 
• Effects of weed management practices on enteric pathogen transfer into lettuce

 

• Feasibility of Organic Weed Management in Sweet Corn and Snap Bean for Processing
• Impact of blueberry harvesters on weed seed dispersal within and between fields
• Integrated Systems of Weed Management in Organic Transplanted Vidalia® Sweet Onion Production
• Linking Farmer Weed Management Behavior with Weed Pressure: More than Just Technology
• Management Filters and Species Traits: Weed Community Assembly in Long-Term Organic and Conventional Systems
• The Midwest Organic and Sustainable Education Service (MOSES) Organic Research Forum 2010
  • Strategies for Managing the Weed Seedbank and Encouraging Weed Seed Predation (PDF, 2.3MB)

 

• No-till vegetable production – Its time is now
• Optimal weed management in crop rotations: incorporating economics is crucial
• A rotation design to reduce weed density in organic farming
• Size and composition of weed seedbank in long-term organic and conventional low-input cropping systems
• Weed characteristics
• Weed control -- false seed bed technique
• Weed Control for Organic Vegetable Farming in Nova Scotia

 

• Weed Management for the Transition to Organic Vegetable Production
• Weed seedbanks in arable fields: effects of management practices and surrounding landscape
• Weed Seed Persistence and Microbial Abundance in Long-Term Organic and Conventional Cropping Systems
• Weeds – how to prevent new problems

 

Flame Weeding and Steaming

• Effects of band-steaming on microbial activity and abundance in organic farming soil
• Growth Stage-Influenced Differential Response of Foxtail and Pigweed Species to Broadcast Flaming
• Flame Weeding in Organic Vegetable Farms
• Flaming in Spanish onion
• Punch planting, flame weeding and delayed sowing to reduce intra-row weeds in row crops
• Tolerance of selected weed species to broadcast flaming at different growth stages

 

Mechanical Weed Control

• Clipping weeds above a crop canopy
• Physical methods for weed control in potatoes
• Physical Weed Control for Ecological Farming
• Post-emergence harrowing for weed control
• Seed predation increases with ground beetle diversity in a Wisconsin (USA) potato agroecosystem
• Selectivity -- an important concept in mechanical weed control
• Short-term effects of mechanical weeding on soil and tissue N in snap beans grown in an organic vs. conventional rotations

 

Mulches for Weed Management

• NEW!! Polyethylene and biodegradable mulches for agricultural applications: a review
• Effects of mulching and cover cropping on soil microbial parameters in the organic growing of black currant 
• Evaluation of biodegradable mulches for production of warm-season vegetable crops
• Evaluation of mulching in organically grown black currant in terms of its effect on the crop and the environment
• Management of weeds, apple sawfly and plum curcuclio with cellulose sheeting
• Performance of Paper Mulches Using a Mechanical Plastic Layer and Water Wheel Transplanter for the Production of Summer Squash

 

Organic Herbicides

• Acetic acid for weed control in potato
• Evaluating Interceptor -- an organic herbicide
• Integration of Vinegar for In-Row Weed Control in Transplanted Bell Pepper and Broccoli
• The Macrocidins: Novel Cyclic Tetramic Acids with Herbicidal Activity Produced by Phoma macrostoma
• Onion and Weed Response to Mustard (Sinapis alba) Seed Meal
• Plant colonization and environmental fate of the biocontrol fungus Phoma macrostoma
• Potential Of Acetic Acid, Pelargonic Acid And Pine Extract As "Organic Herbicides"
• Utilization of Allelopathy for Weed Management in Agroecosystems
• Vinegar For Pre-Seed And Post-Emergence Control Of Broadleaf Weeds

 

 

 

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